BILL NUMBER: SB 1733	CHAPTERED  09/01/00

	CHAPTER   283
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 9, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bates and Cunneen)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2000

   An act to amend Section 44277 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil and personnel health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1733, Knight.  Pupil and personnel health.
   Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide a
comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation
pursuant to stated guidelines.  Existing law requires a teacher to
participate in 150 hours of professional growth over a 5-year period
to maintain a clear teaching credential.
   The bill would authorize, as of January 1, 2001, an individual
program of professional growth to include a course in first aid that
meets or exceeds the standards established by the American Heart
Association, the American Red Cross, or the Emergency Medical
Services Authority.  The bill would provide that the first aid course
may count toward the 150-hour professional growth requirement.
   The bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 44277 of
the Education Code, proposed by AB 1945, to be operative only if AB
1945 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or
before January 1, 2001, and this bill is chaptered last.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 44277 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44277.  The Legislature recognizes that effective professional
growth must continue to occur throughout the careers of all teachers,
in order that teachers remain informed of changes in pedagogy,
subject matter, and pupil needs.  In enacting this section, it is the
intent of the Legislature to establish professional growth
requirements that give individual teachers a wide range of options to
pursue as well as significant roles in determining the course of
their professional growth.
   (a) The minimum requirements for maintaining the validity of the
clear multiple or single subject teaching credential pursuant to
Section 44251 shall be both of the following:
   (1) Successful service as a classroom teacher or successful
service authorized by a services credential.  The minimum length of
service shall be equivalent to one-half of a school year.
   (2) Completion of an individual program of professional growth as
prescribed in this section and by the commission.
   (b) An individual program of professional growth shall consist of
a minimum of 150 clock hours of participation in activities that are
aligned with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession
that contribute to competence, performance, or effectiveness in the
profession of education and the teacher's classroom assignments.
Acceptable activities shall be defined by the commission to include,
among other acceptable activities, the completion of courses offered
by regionally accredited colleges and universities, including
instructor-led interactive courses delivered through online
technologies; participation in professional conferences, workshops,
teacher center programs, staff development programs, or a California
Reading Professional Development Program operated pursuant to Article
2 (commencing with Section 99220) of Chapter 5 of Part 65; service
as a mentor teacher pursuant to Section 44496; participation in
school curriculum development projects; participation in systematic
programs of observation and analysis of teaching; service in a
leadership role in a professional organization; and participation in
educational research or innovation efforts.  Employing agencies and
employees' bargaining agents may negotiate to agree on the terms of
programs of professional growth within their jurisdictions, provided
that the agreements shall be consistent with this section.
   (c) An individual program of professional growth shall be
developed and planned by the holder of a clear teaching credential.
   (d) Effective January 1, 1991, an individual program of
professional growth may include a basic course in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, which includes training in the subdiaphragmatic
abdominal thrust (also known as the "Heimlich maneuver") and meets or
exceeds the standards established by the American Heart Association
or the American Red Cross for courses in that subject or minimum
standards for training programs established by the Emergency Medical
Services Authority.  Effective January 1, 2001, an individual program
of professional growth may also include a course in first aid that
meets or exceeds the standards established by the American Red Cross
for courses in that subject or minimum standards for training
programs established by the Emergency Medical Services Authority. A
teacher's participation in these training options shall count towards
the minimum 150 clock hours required to satisfy the professional
growth requirements.
   (e) Before a holder of a clear teaching credential commences or
amends an individual program of professional growth, a school
principal, a mentor teacher provided for in Section 44496, or other
district designee shall certify to the credential holder that the
planned program or amendment complies with this section and with
regulations of the commission.
   (f) A clear teaching credential shall be deemed to remain valid so
long as the holder of the credential, at five-year intervals,
submits to the commission verification by a school principal, a
mentor teacher, or other district designee that the holder has
satisfied the minimum requirements specified in subdivision (a).  In
the absence of adequate verification, the commission shall invalidate
the credential.  Verification by a school principal, a mentor
teacher, or other district designee shall be independent of any
evaluation of the performance of the holder of the clear teaching
credential that is conducted for the purpose of determining the
credential holder's employment status.  The arbitrary refusal of a
school principal, a mentor teacher, or other district designee to
verify completion of an individual program of professional growth
meeting the requirements of this section and commission regulations
shall constitute grounds for an appeal as prescribed in Section
44278.
  SEC. 1.5.  Section 44277 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44277.  The Legislature recognizes that effective professional
growth must continue to occur throughout the careers of all teachers,
in order that teachers remain informed of changes in pedagogy,
subject matter, and pupil needs.  In enacting this section, it is the
intent of the Legislature to establish professional growth
requirements that give individual teachers a wide range of options to
pursue as well as significant roles in determining the course of
their professional growth.
   (a) The minimum requirements for maintaining the validity of the
clear multiple or single subject teaching credential pursuant to
Section 44251 shall be both of the following:
   (1) Successful service as a classroom teacher or successful
service authorized by a services credential.  The minimum length of
service shall be equivalent to one-half of a school year.
   (2) Completion of an individual program of professional growth as
prescribed in this section and by the commission.
   (b) An individual program of professional growth shall consist of
a minimum of 150 clock hours of participation in activities that are
aligned with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession
that contribute to competence, performance, or effectiveness in the
profession of education and the teacher's classroom assignments.
Acceptable activities shall be defined by the commission to include,
among other acceptable activities, the completion of courses offered
by regionally accredited colleges and universities, including
instructor-led interactive courses delivered through online
technologies; participation in professional conferences, workshops,
teacher center programs, staff development programs, or a California
Reading Professional Development Program operated pursuant to Article
2 (commencing with Section 99220) of Chapter 5 of Part 65; service
as a mentor teacher pursuant to Section 44496; participation in
school curriculum development projects; participation in systematic
programs of observation and analysis of teaching; service in a
leadership role in a professional organization; participation in
educational research or innovation efforts; and participation in
tolerance training as described in Section 44670.3.  Employing
agencies and employees' bargaining agents may negotiate to agree on
the terms of programs of professional growth within their
jurisdictions, provided that the agreements shall be consistent with
this section.
   (c) An individual program of professional growth shall be
developed and planned by the holder of a clear teaching credential.
   (d) Effective January 1, 1991, an individual program of
professional growth may include a basic course in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, which includes training in the subdiaphragmatic
abdominal thrust (also known as the "Heimlich maneuver") and meets or
exceeds the standards established by the American Heart Association
or the American Red Cross for courses in that subject or minimum
standards for training programs established by the Emergency Medical
Services Authority.  Effective January 1, 2001, an individual program
of professional growth may also include a course in first aid that
meets or exceeds the standards established by the American Red Cross
for courses in that subject or minimum standards for training
programs established by the Emergency Medical Services Authority.  A
teacher's participation in these training options shall count towards
the minimum 150 clock hours required to satisfy the professional
growth requirements.
   (e) Before a holder of a clear teaching credential commences or
amends an individual program of professional growth, a school
principal, a mentor teacher provided for in Section 44496, or other
district designee shall certify to the credential holder that the
planned program or amendment complies with this section and with
regulations of the commission.
   (f) A clear teaching credential shall be deemed to remain valid so
long as the holder of the credential, at five-year intervals,
submits to the commission verification by a school principal, a
mentor teacher, or other district designee that the holder has
satisfied the minimum requirements specified in subdivision (a).  In
the absence of adequate verification, the commission shall invalidate
the credential.  Verification by a school principal, a mentor
teacher, or other district designee shall be independent of any
evaluation of the performance of the holder of the clear teaching
credential that is conducted for the purpose of determining the
credential holder's employment status.  The arbitrary refusal of a
school principal, a mentor teacher, or other district designee to
verify completion of an individual program of professional growth
meeting the requirements of this section and commission regulations
shall constitute grounds for an appeal as prescribed in Section
44278.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 44277 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and AB
1945.  It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted
and become effective on or before January 1, 2001, (2) each bill
amends Section 44277 of the Education Code, and (3) this bill is
enacted after AB 1945, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not
become operative.
